SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Name: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON at Westmoreland Beulah Mining LLC
Start: 08/20/2008

220082550018 · 08/20/2008 · Westmoreland Beulah Mining LLC

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Accident type: Fall onto or against objects
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Getting on or off equipment
Injury source: SURFACE MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 26.96 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Westmoreland Coal Company
Operator: Westmoreland Beulah Mining LLC
Mine: 3200043

Narrative

Employee was climbing down off his Caterpillar track dozer, when he slipped and fell. Employee alleges he kept hold of the handhold but hit his lower back on the dozer's arm. Employee refused treatment on 08/20/08, but on 09/09/08 employee was seen by a chiropractor to relieve discomfort in his lower back that he attributes to the incident that occurred on 08/20/08.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown